Progress Was Not Going Smoothly

After being amplified by a spell, Iris's voice became highly compelling. Everyone present could hear her, and the volume was just right, causing no discomfort.

After Iris finished speaking, the crowd below was too stunned to say a word.

This included the hired crowd actors who had been arranged in advance to stir up the atmosphere. They had not known what was going to happen, only that they were supposed to liven things up.

But now, they too were completely frightened. They made no movements at all, their faces filled with confusion.

"Just as I thought." Yaken sighed again. When he had relayed this plan to Percival, he had known it might not be very reliable.

If Percival had refused to carry it out, Yaken would likely have gone along with it and abandoned the plan.

But after hearing that it had been approved by the Command Council, Percival had accepted it immediately—of course, after hearing about the compensation the Command Council would offer him.

He would be assigned to the troops heading for the Lohan Archipelago. Due to the shortage of ships, he would board the modified Nineteenth Floating City and launch attacks from the Floating City.

Percival had no reason to refuse such an arrangement, so the plan was put into action.

Iris had also noticed the crowd's reaction below, but she merely curled her lip, paying it no mind as she began explaining the deeds of the Goddess of Magic and the false miracles of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

"It was the Goddess of Ocean Currents who used evil magic to turn the Divine Statue of the great deity into this. The great Goddess of Magic has always been the deity worshipped here."

"The Alliance's mages have arrived, and we must clear the Goddess of Magic's